Job Description

The Senior Director of OCI Real Estate Acquisition & Site Development will lead North America and Latin America site selection, real estate strategy, lease negotiations, and large-scale data center campus development initiatives. This role is responsible for identifying and securing capacity to support Oracle’s largest customers and future revenue growth.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in data center real estate, hyperscale infrastructure development, complex lease negotiations, and cross-functional leadership. This individual will lead high-performing regional teams and collaborate closely with capacity planning, engineering, construction, operations, finance, legal, procurement, networking, and security organizations to execute strategic growth initiatives globally.

Responsibilities

Site Selection & Market Strategy

• Lead site selection efforts for large-scale data center and colocation opportunities.
• Conduct market research, analytics, and diligence across targeted metros, regions, and countries.
• Develop metro and regional sourcing strategies aligned with business growth, time-to-market, and cost objectives.
• Evaluate land acquisition, power availability, utility infrastructure, and development feasibility.
  
  
  

Real Estate Development & Lease Negotiation

• Negotiate complex colocation leases, lease renewals, operating agreements, and associated legal documents.
• Manage development contracting for major data center campuses and large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Drive favorable commercial terms and ensure alignment with Oracle’s technical, operational, and financial requirements.
• Oversee lease execution from initial demand signal through general availability and operational delivery.
  
  
  

Cross-Functional Program Leadership

• Partner closely with internal teams including capacity planning, engineering, construction, delivery, operations, finance, legal, security, procurement, networking, and compliance.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent projects involving consultants, vendors, operators, and external stakeholders.
• Ensure data center operators meet schedule, quality, safety, cost, and operational compliance objectives.
• Prepare and present executive-level reporting, market analyses, and strategic recommendations.
  
  
  

Organizational Leadership

• Build, scale, and manage regionally focused teams supporting sourcing and development initiatives.
• Design organizational structures aligned with long-term business growth.
• Hire, mentor, and develop leadership and individual contributor talent.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
  
  
  

Financial & Operational Oversight

• Partner with Finance teams to evaluate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models for lease and build options.
• Drive accurate reporting, data fidelity, and operational accountability across programs.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in data center infrastructure, real estate acquisition, site selection, development, or related fields.
• Strong experience negotiating large-scale colocation and infrastructure lease agreements.
• Experience managing industrial-scale development, land acquisition, utility coordination, and infrastructure delivery projects.
• Knowledge of hyperscale cloud infrastructure and data center market dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex negotiations and execute high-impact strategic initiatives.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $139,400 - $291,800 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
  
  
  

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - M5

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